Tag: Balkans

Our work to support Internews in investigating services and information flows for refugees traveling along the Turkey – Balkans – Germany route is now at an end. Helena, the whole Core Team and I would like to thank every single…

This is the sixth update on the deployment for refugees on the Balkan route. I will keep it short, I promise. Our deployment ends 18:00 UTC, September 23rd, 2015. This means that we are in the final stretch now. It’s…

This is the fifth update on the deployment for refugees on the Balkan route. Have you met Helena? She’s one of the Leads of this deployment, and she’s our contact with Internews. She is also one of the very first…

This is the fourth update on the deployment for refugees on the Balkan route. Standby Task force has agreed to support Internews in investigating services and information flows for refugees traveling along the Turkey – Balkans – Germany route. Internews…

This is the third update on the deployment for refugees on the Balkan route. As you may have read, the current “migrant crisis” is something that will be remembered in the history books. To give you an idea of the…

This is the second update on the deployment for refugees on the Balkan route. As many of you already know, a powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck Chile on Wednesday. The Core Team is currently monitoring the situation, and we will keep…

This is the first update on the deployment for refugees on the Balkan route. You may have noticed that this update doesn’t come from Ben. As he won’t have reliable internet connection for the next days, I will update you…

In the Fall of 2011, Al-jazeera partnered with the SBTF to produce a crisis map in response to the earthquake in Van, Turkey. Earlier this month, our colleagues at Al-jazeera got in touch with the SBTF again, this time seeking support…